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Election over, the clock starts ticking again on landmark college sports bill in lame-duck House

Compiled Nov 5

Election over, the clock starts ticking again on landmark college sports bill in lame-duck House
Election over, the clock starts ticking again on landmark college sports bill in lame-duck House · Photo: The Associated Press
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What happened

The House lame-duck session begins Monday, when lawmakers will decide whether to proceed with the Protect College Sports Act

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The detail

The bill passed the Senate by a 77-22 margin last month

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The detail

Democrats won at least 247 seats in the election, with counting still underway Thursday

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The detail

The NCAA, USOPC, Randy Levine, Cody Campbell, Sens. Cruz and Cantwell, and President Trump are pushing for the bill

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How it unfolded

last month: The Protect College Sports Act passed the Senate by a 77-22 margin · last month: The Big Ten passed rules designed to make its spending guidelines conform with numbers in the bill · Thursday: Vote counting was still underway, with Democrats having won at least 247 seats · Monday: The House lame-duck session begins and will decide whether to proceed with the bill

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By the numbers

77-22 Senate vote margin · 247 seats won by Democrats · $50 million revenue threshold · 70% percent of D-I athletic departments below threshold · 77.2% percent of Olympians from covered schools

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Still unresolved

Whether current House Democrats, who mostly oppose the bill, will vote for it in the lame-duck session

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